Australian Breastfeeding Association Lismore Group NSW

Did anyone take any photos from today??
Thanks to all who came to the park for a lovely chat and play!
So glad the weather came through 🦋
Next meeting will be back at the G'bah library, Friday Nov 8th 💖

Partner support

Caught in bad weather and had to leave quickly with your family? Want to help your breastfeeding partner?
Call ABA's Breastfeeding Helpline 24/7 on 1800 686 268. Our trained breastfeeding counsellors are ready to help 24/7.

Mums need

During emergencies, mums need …
Reassurance
Comfortable/private place to feed
Priority access to food and water
Safe and clean areas for nappy changes and food preparation
Skilled support for breastfeeding

What to pack

👧 Unsure what to pack in your evacuation kit for your baby or toddler?
Head to aba.asn.au/emergency to find evacuation kit lists for children 0 to 4 years, no matter how they are fed.

Review

It’s that time of year again!

A lot changes over 12 months in the life of your young family. Does your evacuation kit meet the current needs of your child and family?

Head to aba.asn.au/emergency to find an evacuation kit list for your child's age and how they are fed.

Breastfeeding emergency preparedness

🤱 Have you ever thought about breastfeeding as part of your emergency prep?
It may not be the first thing you think of. But during an emergency like fire, flood or cyclone, breastfeeding provides your baby with safe food, water and comfort. This is even more important if you lose power, or your water supply is contaminated.

For more information on emergency prep head to aba.asn.au/emergency

Packing

Emergency planning for your family? Don’t forget to pack an evacuation kit for your baby. Include the items you'd need to safely feed and care for your baby without mains water or power for at least 3 days.

Go to aba.asn.au/emergency for evacuation kit lists.

Planning

No-one likes to spend time preparing for the worst. But with Australia facing more and more emergencies, it’s a worthwhile use of your time. A little bit of effort helps reduce the stress and trauma your family could face.

These simple steps will help protect your family if you ever have to evacuate:
1. Plan to evacuate to a family member or friend's home, rather than an evacuation centre.
2. Pack an evacuation kit.
3. Leave early.

For more information on preparing your family head to aba.asn.au/emergency

Consider

🏡 Have you ever thought about what you would do if you had to evacuate your home with little to no notice?

Disasters like fire, flood or cyclone can happen at any time. To reduce stress on yourself and your family, check out aba.asn.au/emergency

You’ll find tips on emergency planning for your family and evacuation kit lists for babies, toddlers and young children, no matter how they are fed.

It's raining in Lismore! We're moving our meeting to The Bank Cafe, bring your little ones and come and have a latte with Ros & Jade and escape the windy weather 💕
Comment below if you think you might make it so we can look out for you ☺️

What an amazing weekend at ACT/NSW Branch Conference!
Make sure you make it to our next meeting Friday September 13th at the G'bah library and we'll tell you all about it ❤️❤️❤️
Also remember - our next Breastfeeding Education Class is next weekend August 24th so if you're pregnant or know someone who is shoot us a DM to sign up now!

Congratulations to Ros for her award for doing over 600 Helpline shifts in her 30+ years of being a volunteer breastfeeding counsellor! And to Jade for her appreciation award for her volunteer service.
Go Lismore Group! 🙌
The 60th birthday celebrations are still going at this year's branch conference in Sydney ❤️

Ros and Jade have just arrived in Sydney for the ABA annual National Conference - and we are soooooo excited! Let's go! 🥳❤️🙌

Updated group calendar for July-December

Dear ABA family,

Are you pregnant, or have you had a baby in the last 12 months?

Have you completed the ABA survey about your journey into parenthood?

https://www.breastfeeding.asn.au/civicrm/mailing/url?u=58296&qid=7219664

We’d like to know what information, support and resources made a difference to you so we can plan to be there for mums, parents and families for another 60 years.

This is the final week for our, 'Your journey: Becoming a parent' survey. The survey is designed to provide you with an opportunity to tell us about your experiences during pregnancy and the first year with your baby. You can tell us as much or as little about your journey as you want and it's completely anonymous, unless you want us to contact you.

As a thank you for taking the time to support ABA and parents, when you complete the survey, you can choose an ABA e-booklet of your choice as our gift to you.

It’s the last week, so please take the survey today! It will only take a few minutes and will help parents of the future. 😊

Let your friends know too! We want to hear from 1,000 women, so we can be sure ABA will meet the needs of all Australian mums and parents in the future.

Thank you in advance for your support. We can't wait to hear from you!

Need support with breastfeeding? We can help 🙂

Directions for those attending the 60th Anniversary Celebration tomorrow (Saturday 11th May):

Enter Lismore Central Shopping Centre at ground level.
Go up the escalator and turn right.
Look for the ABA banner. The gathering will be in the Lismore Library's meeting room.

Please BYO picnic food. See you there! ❤️🤱

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Loved hanging out of Friday, let's do it again soon! ❤️